Highland Mangabey vs Vegetable fern

Rungwecebus kipunji compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Highland Mangabey is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Highland Mangabey	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Rungwecebus	Diplazium
Species	Rungwecebus kipunji	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Highland Mangabey

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Highland Mangabey	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Highland Mangabey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.